College roundup: Maryland women cruise in NCAAs

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Maryland’s Katherine Golladay and Panthers goalkeeper Jill Rall watch as the Terps score their 17th goal in the second half. The Terrapins beat the High Point Panthers, 21-6, in the first round of the NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Tournament. Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun - #76

Maryland’s Katherine Golladay and Panthers goalkeeper Jill Rall watch as the Terps score their 17th goal in the second half. The Terrapins beat the High Point Panthers, 21-6, in the first round of the NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Tournament. Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun - #76 (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

MARYLAND WOMEN'S LACROSSE: Junior attacker Megan Whittle scored five goals as the Terrapins (20-0) handled High Point (16-4) in the NCAA Tournament on Sunday in College Park, 21-6.

Senior midfielder Zoe Stukenberg had five points (three goals, two assists) and junior attacker Kacie Longo (South River) set a career high with four goals. Sophomore attacker Caroline Steele (Severn) notched two goals and two assists and sophomore midfielder Jen Giles scored a hat trick.

Freshman midfielder Kali Hartshorn led Maryland with five draw controls

The top-seeded Terps host eighth-seeded Stony Brook (20-1) in the quarterfinals May 20 at noon.

UNC WOMEN'S LACROSSE: Second-seeded North Carolina got big games from Marie McCool and Carly Reed and defeated unseeded Virginia, 23-12, on Sunday afternoon in the NCAA Tournament. Reed scored a career-high six goals, and McCool had five goals and two assists.

PENN STATE WOMEN'S LACROSSE: Sophomore Madison Carter's (South River) career-high eight points and 12 draw controls helped lead fourth-seeded Penn State past James Madison, 19-14, in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Sophomore Kayla Brisolari (Spalding) added two goals and two assists for a career-high four points.

USC WOMEN'S LACROSSE: USC (18-3) used a 5-1 run in the last nine minutes to complete a 15-12 upset of third-seeded No. 2-ranked Florida (17-3) in the second round of the 2017 NCAA Tournament. Senior attacker Cynthia Del Core had four goals to lead USC.

W&L WOMEN'S LACROSSE: Washington & Lee won its 13th straight game, an 8-2 victory over Mary Washington in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Hayley Soutter led the way with two goals and one assist, while Jess Castelo and Haley Tucker had two goals apiece.

YORK WOMEN'S LACROSSE: York College got a Meghan Fox goal with 20.5 seconds left in regulation to lift the Spartans to a 5-4 win over St. John Fisher in the second round of the 2017 NCAA Division III tournament. The Spartans also got a career-high 14 saves from junior goalie Charlotte Wright, including a big save on a free position shot inside the final five minutes of regulation.

LOYOLA MEN'S LACROSSE: Ohio State withstood 19 turnovers by converting on seven of its 22 shots Sunday afternoon, and the third-ranked Buckeyes got past No. 13 Loyola University for a 7-4 victory in the NCAA Tournament's first round. Tre Leclaire scored three times for the Buckeyes (14-4 overall) and Tom Carey tallied 12 saves in goal.

MARYLAND BASEBALL: Alex Erro's 11th inning solo homer proved to be the difference as the Terrapins fell, 6-5, in College Park. The Terrapins (33-17, 15-9 Big Ten) built a 5-2 lead after five innings, but the Wildcats pushed the game into extra innings. Sophomores Marty Costes and AJ Lee led the Terps with two hits each.

TOWSON BASEBALL: Towson dropped its final road game of the season, 8-0, in the series finale against Delaware. The Tigers managed just four hits and the Blue Hens got all the runs they needed with three in the first, two of them on Nick Patten's two-run homer.